
STUDIES IN THE PSALMS.
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21.
What personal request is made?
22.
What is the first expected result of a favorable
response to these petitions ? The second ? The third ?
Notes.
Ps. 78:14; i Cor.
10:1, 2;
Ps. 84:11 should be studied with
verse 39.
"By day the cloud directed the journeyings, or spread as a
canopy above the host. It served as a protection from the burn-
ing heat, and by its coolness and moisture afforded grateful
refreshment in the parched, thirsty desert. By night it became
a pillar of fire, illuminating their encampment, constantly assur-
ing them of divine presence." Read Isa. 4:5, 6. "Here refer-
ence is made to the pillar of cloud and of fire to represent God's
care for His people in the great final struggle with the power
of evil."
The cloud that flooded the entire encampment of the Hebrews
with the radiance of day was a wall of darkness to the
,
Egyp-
tians. Read with this Ps. 77:17, 18, R. V. and "Patriarchs and
Prophets," page 287. The way that God marks out for His
people will be flooded with light, although the unbelieving will
not see it.
The manna was a type of Jesus, the Bread of life. John
6:48-51. Read also Rev. 2:17; 1 Cor. 1o:3.
With verse' 41 read Ps. 78:15, 16. "Moses smote the rock,
but it was the Son of God who, veiled in the cloudy pillar, stood
beside Moses, and caused the life-giving water to flow." Ps.
65:9; Rev.
22:1; I
Cor. 10 :4; John 4:13, 14; 7:37, 38.
Verse 42; Gen. 15:12-14, and Acts 7:6, 7, record the covenant
with Abraham. For the blessing of this covenant to Abraham's
seed and heirs according to the promise, see Heb. 6:11-20.
Verse 43, with Ps. 116:12, s3•, Psalm 33.
God brought forth His people that they might observe His
statutes and keep His laws. The same is true in regard to
His people to-day.
In all these experiences God designed to teach His people
their utter dependence upon Him, and not merely on the man
Moses, who was their leader.
Prayerfully consider the unentered fields.